Nature

Her "Last Poems"

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

From The Single Hound (1914)

Nature

Her "Last Poems"—
Poets ended,
Silver perished with her tongue,
Not on record bubbled other
Flute, or Woman, so divine;
Not unto its Summer morning
Robin uttered half the tune—
Gushed too free for the adoring,
From the Anglo-Florentine.
Late the praise—
'Tis dull conferring
On a Head too high to crown,
Diadem or Ducal showing,
Be its Grave sufficient sign.
Yet if we, no Poet's kinsman,
Suffocate with easy woe
What and if ourself a Bridegroom,
Put Her down, in Italy?

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “Her "Last Poems".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/663/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “Her "Last Poems".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/663/.

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